Hot Stamper

Humble PiePerformance - Rockin' The Fillmore

With Hot Stamper or better sound on all four sides, this original pressing on the custom A&M label is ROCKIN' all right

Performance is one of the best sounding - perhaps even THE best sounding - Hard Rock concert albums we've ever heard

Engineered by the legendary Eddie Kramer, what other live rock record sounds this good?

"There was a time where this kind of self-congratulatory improvisation was not only accepted but expected and Performance not only captures that point in time, but in its exacting detail it illustrates how this self-satisfied instrumental exploration could be a very good thing."

Both sides here are Super Hot - solid, big and fat with grungy guitars. Exceptionally quiet vinyl on both sides, mostly Mint Minus. A classic Glyn Johns rock recording from 1970 - he was really on a roll at the time. If you like a big bottom end on your rock records, this is the album for you.

One of the best -- if not THE best -- rock concert albums we have ever heard. Can you imagine if Frampton Comes Alive sounded like this? If you want to hear some smokin’ Peter Frampton guitar work from the days when he was with Humble Pie this album captures that sound better than any of their studio releases, and far better than Comes Alive on even the best copies.

This record is the very definition of TUBEY MAGIC. The sound is so rich and sweet it will make you want to take all your CDs and dump them in the trash, if you haven’t done so already.

This is the sound WE LOVE here at Better Records, assuming the pressing in question still maintains some degree of presence, immediacy and transparency. Records like this can easily get thick and muddy; think of the typically dull Who’s Next or Sticky Fingers and you’ll know exactly what I mean.